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Random thoughts on our impending doom and everyday life, courtesy of a Romance Writer who occasionally feels the need to talk like a Sailor.

Wednesday, 8 August 2012

A look at Boomerang Bride by Fiona Lowe...

Matilda Geoffrey left Australia for small town Wisconsin
looking for the adventure of a lifetime and Barry, her internet love interest.
Decked out in her Nanna’s bridal gown and towing a liquor laced wedding cake,
things aren’t quite going to plan. First up, Barry doesn’t seem to exist. Nor
does the business he encouraged her to invest in for their future together.
Penniless and stranded on the other side of the world in a vintage wedding dress,
Matilda has well and truly landed in it.

Marc Olsen is an uptight, well to do type making his
fleeting yearly visit back home to hicksville. When he spies Matilda
resplendent in her gown on a mostly empty Main Street he knows he shouldn’t get
involved. But curiosity being what it is and this being a romance, well, our
heroine needs a hero and he’s it.

They’re an unlikely couple with the sassy, upbeat and
very Australian Matilda telling it like it is. Don’t you love a strong
outspoken heroine who deals with whatever life throws at her? Marc is a handsome
sports car driving designer dud wearing dude in need of more in his life than a
platinum credit card and a flashy flat back in New York. And while we’ve seen
his type many a time before Ms Lowe gives us real substance in our hero. He’s a
man who had to make sacrifices early on and this gives him layers. There’s
nothing 2D about this character. His fears of being once more irreparably tied
to his family and the poky small town are more than legitimate. Plus, he has a
sense of humour. God love a man with a sense of humour and a woman who knows
what to do with him when the time comes. Our hero’s intensity and RAWR’ness
(yes, it is a word, the dictionary is wrong) are a real treat, along with the
more lighthearted moments.

But you know what’s awesome about this book apart from
the fact that it’s wonderfully well written by an Australian Woman Writer? Even
beside the fact that it just won the 2012 RITA for Best Contemporary Single
Title Romance? The secondary characters and their own stories, in particularly Mark’s
sister Lori. I’m not going to go into it more than that except to say, bravo,
Ms Lowe. Actually, I’ll throw in fantastic and exceptionally well handled as
well. And also, it really gave me pause and made me think. I hope every woman
reads Boomerang Bride for this very reason. The reason I’m not going into Lori’s
story is because I’m a teasy thing. But do read it and let me know you think.